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| This test case outlines the steps required to create a | |
| Application Client Project. | |
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| <B>Creating a Application Client</B> | |
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| <P> | |
| From any perspective, click | |
| <B> | |
| File > New > Other > J2EE > | |
| Application Client Project | |
| </B> | |
| ... | |
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| <P>Click Next.</P> | |
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| Enter 'AppClientProject' into Project Name field. | |
| Select a J2EE Runtime Library server target. | |
| Take the other default values as shown below. | |
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| <P> | |
| Click Next to go to Select Project Facets Page. You can install | |
| additional factets and bind to a runtime. | |
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| Click Next to go to Settings Page. You can overwrite the | |
| default settings here. | |
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| <P> | |
| Click Finish on the New Application Client Project wizard. Your | |
| Application Client project and EAR project have now been created. | |
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| <P> | |
| After the wizard finishes, if you are not already in | |
| the J2EE perspective, you will be prompted to switch, | |
| agree by selecting 'Yes'. In the J2EE perspective, | |
| you will see the AppClientProject in the Project | |
| Explorer. | |
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| After expanding take special notice of the component folders | |
| which have been created. Notice the contained appClientModule/META-INF | |
| which represents the App Client module. Likewise, notice the | |
| AppClientProjectEAR (and contained folders and files) which represents | |
| the EAR which contains the App Client. | |
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| Next create a Test java class in the App Clients | |
| source folder 'AppClientProject/appClientModule'. | |
| Defaults are provided in the following image. | |
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| After the class is created, perform a Project > | |
| Clean to kick off a full build. | |
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| <P> | |
| Switching now to the Resource perspective the ouput | |
| of the builder can be verified. In the Navigator you | |
| will see all resources as they exist on disk. After | |
| expanding the Java Project you will notice a | |
| '.deployables' folder. This folder represents the | |
| deployable output (J2EE spec compliant) | |
| generated via the Component Structural Builder. | |
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| <IMG border="0" src="images/flexAppClient5.jpg"> | |
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| After expanding take notice of the component | |
| under the .deployables. In the App Client, take special | |
| notice of the sample/Test.class representing the | |
| output of the previously created java class. Also in | |
| the 'AppClientProjectEAR' check the application.xml | |
| to insure it contains an entry to the App Client and | |
| also open the AppClientProject.jar contained in the | |
| EAR with a zip utility to insure the contents | |
| contain the App Client's Manifest.MF, | |
| application-client.xml and the Test.class. | |
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